USS Alfred A. Cunningham

History
United States
Namesake	Alfred Austell Cunningham
Builder	Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York
Laid down	23 February 1944
Launched	3 August 1944
Commissioned	23 November 1944
Decommissioned	August 1949
Recommissioned	5 October 1950
Decommissioned	24 February 1971
Stricken	1 February 1974
Fate	Sunk as target 12 October 1979
General characteristics
Class and type	Allen M. Sumner class destroyer
Displacement	2,200 tons
Length	376 ft 6 in (114.8 m)
Beam	40 ft (12.2 m)
Draft	15 ft 8 in (4.8 m)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45 MW);; 2 propellers;
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h)
Range	6500 nm @ 15 kn; (12,000 km @ 28 km/h);
Complement	336
Armament	6 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 guns,; 12 × 40 mm AA guns,; 11 × 20 mm AA guns,; 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes,; 6 × depth charge projectors,; 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS Alfred A. Cunningham (DD-752), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Alfred Austell Cunningham, a USMC officer and aviator.